Ethiopians in Emergency
Children in Distress - FAMINE

Aid workers seek to break hunger cycle
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR


Q&A: Why is Ethiopia facing another famine?
BBC News Online looks at why famine has struck again and what is being done to prevent a massive humanitarian disaster.

Ethiopia's new nightmare
To see the true extent of the crisis now facing Ethiopia I travelled to the village of Dir Fakar, 200 kilometres south of the capital Addis Ababa.

Ethiopia launches food appeal
Across Ethiopia, just over 11 million people are facing starvation.

The BBC's Jim Fish
"Eleven million Ethiopians are threatened by famine"

Ibrahim Jabr, UNICEF
"This time we are a little better prepared"

Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Minister
"The numbers involved are staggering"

World Bank announces US $3.6 billion credit
The head of the World Bank in Ethiopia urged a greater role for private industry as the country was pledged US $3.6 billion towards tackling poverty.

Interview with Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of UNICEF
QUESTION: How important is the relationship between drought and HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia?

In Ethiopia, hell is not far from heaven
by Andrei Neacsu in Ambassel

Why is Ethiopia hungry again?
CARE International UK

Analysis: Crisis turns to catastrophe in a cycle of hunger and desperation
Crops are failing, prices soaring and people are on the move in search of food. So why is disaster looming once again in Ethiopia?

The Unhindered Holocaust
By Sereke Berhan

In the continuing saga of the ever-suffering Ethiopians, yet another drought, which could turn into a gruesome catastrophe, is threatening the lives of millions of people. With substantial portions of the country affected, the scale is unprecedented and has the potential to permanently devastate millions of lives. It could endanger the future survival of the country as a sovereign state and further destabilize the whole Horn of Africa region spawning terror, conflict and indescribable human misery. more...
 

Ending the Cycle of Famine in Ethiopia
International Food Policy Research Institute

“I lost one of my children two weeks ago,” says Fadmo Muhammed to a BBC reporter in the Somali region of Ethiopia. “She died of diarrhea, diarrhea with blood. This was because she was malnourished. We have almost no food. Only donated wheat, and a little oil. But no milk. Our children are weak and malnourished. I am very frightened that my two other children will die as well. They are both sick.”
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Ethiopia drought may be worst since 1984 -US envoy
By David Brough

Tony Hall: thousands
of malnourished children.

ROME (Reuters) - Ethiopia is probably facing its worst drought since the great famine of 1984 and will need a huge mobilisation of food aid to prevent famine again this year, Tony Hall, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. food agencies, said.

Hall, a former Democrat congressman of Dayton, Ohio, has recently returned to his Rome base following a visit to Ethiopia with assistant administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development Roger Winter between February 15-21.

"My visit there with Roger Winter confirmed that this year Ethiopia will experience probably its worst drought since 1984/85," Hall said in an open letter sent to Reuters and other organisations late on Wednesday. more...

Call for accountable government to avoid food crises

USAID
ADDIS ABABA, 26 Feb 2003 (IRIN) - Ethiopia faces permanent food crises unless it embraces open, accountable government and radical market reforms, the head of the US government’s aid arm said on Tuesday.

Addressing the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Andrew Natsios, head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), said Ethiopia must also boost growth and investment in agriculture to avoid future famines.more...
 

By BBC News Online's Kate Milner
In October 1984 the death toll in Ethiopia was estimated at 200,000. Western diplomats said 900,000 people would die by the end of the year whatever the level of aid.

The BBC's Michael Buerk in Ethiopia, 23 October 1984
"A biblical famine"

Few heed Ethiopia's plea for survival
by REX JORY

THE world is confronting perhaps the worst disaster in the history of mankind. As many as 15 million people are likely to die, more people than the death toll from World War II. Who cares? Nobody much, it seems. The dreadful tragedy is unfolding in Ethiopia, a destitute nation few Australians could find, let alone draw on a world map. more...
 

Some people walk for two weeks to get aid

Many fear a worse famine   Ethiopia's long wait for rain
than in 1984

RE: Famine

In Reply to Mr. Idang Alibi
By Mustapha El-Sabhi

Why famine stalks Africa
By Keith Somerville
BBC News Online

Nestle may pay high PR price for principle
Mark Borkowski

Ethiopia, Africa's Pride Not Disgrace
Adonay Tsebaye

Ethiopia, an Embarrassment to Africa
Idang Alibi

The Chickens Have Come Home To Roost Again
Dr. Mogus Degoyae Mochena

Meeting the challenges of the generation
Reporter

The poverty situation in Ethiopia
Compiled by Melaku Demissie

Ethiopia’s Escalating Drought in the Eyes of WFP, USAID

Faces of Famine

Hunger is leading to malnutrition and death

Children in Dir Fakar have lost hope

First die the cattle...